BEREA, Ohio — In his first game back after a 10-game suspension, Josh Gordon set a season high for Cleveland Browns wide receivers when he totaled 120 receiving yards Sunday at Atlanta.

Still, it was obvious he and quarterback Brian Hoyer had not played a game together since Aug. 18 in the preseason. Gordon sat out the third preseason game (vs. the St. Louis Rams), then was suspended one day before the Browns concluded their preseason against the Bears on Aug. 28.

The punishment was for a violation of the NFL’s substance-abuse policy.

Gordon on Wednesday began another week of practice before the Browns play the Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park, N.Y., on Sunday. He was targeted 16 times last week and caught eight passes against the Falcons.

Hoyer threw three interceptions in Atlanta, and all three passes were intended for Gordon. The additional practice time should improve their timing for this week’s game and the stretch drive in December.

“He can take the top off of a coverage and open up either the underneath coverage or one half of the field if they’re rolling coverage towards the side that he’s on,” Cleveland coach Mike Pettine said. “Then, I think very underrated in his performance (in Atlanta) was he blocked extremely well in the run game. There were some times where they were in some coverages that were geared to take him away that probably did lighten up the spacing for our guys up front to run the football.”

The Browns (7-4) will be trying to stay in the thick of the AFC North title chase when they meet the Bills. The AFC East title might be out of reach for the Bills, but at 6-5, they are still in the wild-card race.

The Browns build their offense to succeed on the ground and through the air, so if the weather turns bad in Ralph Wilson Stadium, they will be prepared to hand the ball to rookie running backs Isaiah Crowell and Terrance West. Having Gordon in the lineup forces teams to take a safety out of the box and weaken the run defense.

Crowell, undrafted out of Alabama State, has been the surprise of the year for the Browns. He was quiet most of the preseason and before running for 102 yards against the Chicago Bears in the final preseason game. He definitely was not an unknown after that.

“We knew we wanted to have him around here,” Pettine said. “Maybe if he didn’t play at all in the preseason and nobody got to see him on tape there was a chance we could have gotten him to the practice squad, and then at some point he probably would have ended up elevated to the roster. The plan was to still get him some touches against Chicago. We saw the results there, and it was a no-brainer for us to have him make the team.”

The Browns have been successful using a very balanced offense. They have run the ball 353 times and attempted 367 passes along with 16 times sacked. They likely will continue the nearly one-to-one ratio against the Bills.

–The Browns hope starting inside linebacker Karlos Dansby can play against the Bills after he missed last week’s game with a knee injury sustained Nov. 16 against the Houston Texans. Dansby was supposed to miss a month, but he is determined to get back on the field before then. He did not practice Wednesday.

The news is more promising on Jordan Cameron. The tight end missed the last four games with a concussion. He returned to practice last Friday, and though he did not play against the Falcons, he had no setbacks. Cameron was limited in practice Wednesday.

Among those not practicing Wednesday were linebacker Jabaal Sheard (foot), safety Tashaun Gipson (knee) and wide receiver Marlon Moore (hamstring).